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Washington, DC, September 13, 2017—Total estimated inflows1 to long-term mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) were $6.03 billion for the week ended September 6, 2017, the Investment Company Institute reported today. Estimated mutual fund inflows were $558 million while estimated net issuance for ETFs was $5.47 billion. Reports of long-term flow estimates and ETF net issuance are available on the ICI website.

Estimated Fund Flows Millions of dollars

9/6/2017

8/30/2017

8/23/2017

8/16/2017

8/9/2017

Equity

-229

8,191

-1,808

-9,170

1,881

Domestic

-2,937

3,684

-4,687

-11,276

-2,758

World

2,709

4,507

2,880

2,106

4,638

Hybrid

-1,184

-928

-1,066

-1,771

-339

Bond

6,459

5,354

5,314

4,827

9,012

Taxable

5,932

4,601

4,073

3,820

7,877

Municipal

527

753

1,240

1,007

1,135

Commodity

980

982

604

881

-144

Total

6,026

13,599

3,044

-5,232

10,409

Note: Components may not add to the total because of rounding. Includes funds not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Equity funds2 had estimated outflows of $229 million for the week, compared to estimated inflows of $8.19 billion in the previous week. Domestic equity funds had estimated outflows of $2.94 billion, and world equity funds had estimated inflows of $2.71 billion.

Hybrid funds2—which can invest in stocks and fixed-income securities—had estimated outflows of $1.18 billion for the week, compared to estimated outflows of $928 million in the previous week.

Commodity funds2—which are ETFs (both registered and not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that invest primarily in commodities, currencies, and futures—had estimated inflows of $980 million for the week, compared to estimated inflows of $982 million in the previous week.

Notes: Weekly fund flows are estimates that represent industry totals, based on reporting covering more than 98 percent of mutual fund and ETF assets. Actual mutual fund net new cash flows and ETF net issuance are collected and reported separately on a monthly basis; therefore, there are differences between these weekly estimates and the monthly flows. Data for previous weeks reflect revisions because of data adjustments, reclassifications, and changes in the number of funds reporting. Historical flow data are available on the ICI website.

ENDNOTES

1 Mutual fund data represent estimates of net new cash flow, which is new sales minus redemptions combined with net exchanges, while exchange-traded fund (ETF) data represent net issuance, which is gross issuance less gross redemptions. Data for mutual funds that invest primarily in other mutual funds and ETFs that invest primarily in other ETFs were excluded from the series.